Economic and social issues Environment The party advocates for the preservation of the natural environment by implementing sustainable development strategies that promote economic advancement and the welfare of everyone.
Market Economy The Socialists' Party of Catalonia promotes "individual initiative, entrepreneurial freedom, and innovation within the context of a
socially accountable market." However, the PSC is openly against
Catalan independence and proposes a
federalist solution to the Catalan territorial question, seeking to build a
federal Spanish State with guaranteed recognition for the nationhood of Catalonia, further devolution to the Catalan Government and the official recognition of
Spanish multilingualism. They largely adhere to the territorial project of their associate, the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, but they are considered to be the most federalist and
peripheral nationalist in their political space. Because of this position they are considered to occupy a central position in Catalan politics which allow them to form coalitions with both openly pro-independence parties such as
ERC or
Junts and more hardline pro-Spanish parties like the
PP. Despite this, the PSC, given its origins as a big-tent merger of all Catalan social-democrats, has a diversity of opinions when it comes to the Catalan national question, with some sectors being considered more overtly
Catalan nationalist and some others more clearly
Spanish unionist but always within the framework of catalanism and Spanish federalism that the party advocates for.
Language policy The Socialists' Party of Catalonia advocates for a Catalan-favoring
language policy and the promotion of the usage of the
Catalan language. As such, they are in favor of Catalan
immersion in schools, a Catalan-dominated
linguistic landscape and the bettering of knowledge and public usage of the Catalan language. The first Minister for Linguistic Policy of the history of the
Catalan Government was nominated by the party, albeit following an agreement with the Republican Left of Catalonia. Despite this, they have a large
Spanish-speaking voting base and therefore the Spanish language is also used by the party in political rallies. Given this dualism they are considered to be less committed to the language question than pro-independence parties or parties like
Catalunya en Comú. ==Electoral performance==